Thread: Lurker, finally checking in

Heres a link to some even cheaper slipstones that Firestart turned me on to a while ago. These are still my primary stones and then I finish on a vintage barbers hone. Worked for me so far and I've been able to spend the spare cash for more razors!
I would substitute your pasted strops for the barbers hone spend the $20 on the 4 and 8000 grit slipstones and be set till you feel you want the convenience of the faster norton. Keep in mind that sometimes with the E-bay specials you also need to go to 1000 grit paper or a coarse stone to get a working bevel before you can sharpen them well at all.

http://w-u.com/wucatresults.htm?snum=26375

I also would start using at least one of your shave-readies while you work on your E-bays.

Some blades will require a stone to get you there. Theyll be the ones with badly dulled edges. Pastes will work well for touch ups and smaller jobs.

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Thanks very much for everybody's input.

I appreciate the link Wildtim, I will give them a call tomorrow since those guys are much more budget friendly by the looks of it. I seem to remember there being posts about these before and having to stack them one atop another to get a flat surface. Hm, I am always up for a challenge

Before I do that though I will head out to Lee Valley tomorrow and just have a look to see what they have. Who knows, maybe they are having a post-boxing-week sale

Well, no luck on the slipstones. I called the Canadian distributor and they claimed to not carry them. So I called the American distributor and talked to a very friendly lady who informed me that the shipping price to Canada (via USPS) for the 2 stones would be 25$!! Thats more than the cost of the stones themselves! Apparently the shipping weight for each stone is 3 pounds which drove the price through the roof.

Anyways, I am open to any and all suggestions...

Sorry to hear that. The very friendly lady is full of it if she thinks these stones weigh three pounds apiece though. The two of them together might go a pound if you add half a pound of lead to the box. At least the ones from Lee valley seemed comparable and the shipping wouldn't be robbery at gunpoint.

Originally Posted by Shay

Well, no luck on the slipstones.

PM FiReSTaRT (Ilija) about them. He uses some and lives in your neighbourhood. He should know where you can find them.

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Sorry to disappoint you gentlemen, but I found out that the place won't be carrying them any more. They were losing money on the stones as they had to order them from the distributor in the States, pay the duties, pay for the shipping, so they told Sean that he was the last lucky bastard to get'em (that's at least the way I understood his account). That would leave you with two options:
1) Lee Valley
2) Having a US member place an order and then ship it to Canada.

PM me if you want transhipment. I'd be happy to help out.

Originally Posted by Wildtim

PM me if you want transhipment. I'd be happy to help out.

To the rescue!

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Originally Posted by Wildtim

PM me if you want transhipment. I'd be happy to help out.

Wow, thanks very very much!

I will give them a call tomorrow and make sure that it works logistically (canadian credit card, american address....)

That is some kind of generousity. Thank you.